THAT familiar old condition, Scottish Cup fever, broke out in alarming
fashion in Huntly yesterday. The Highland League club with a habit of
going on giant-killing runs put their tickets on sale for the impending
clash with holders Dundee United -- and within an hour their allocation
was sold out.
Some fans had queued for almost two hours to secure a share of the
2000 briefs.
They would have been happy enough to get up early anyway, having seen
their team take another important step towards a second consecutive
championship. Huntly won 3-0 at challengers Elgin City thanks to goals
from Brian Thomson, his thirtieth of the season, and a double from Gary
Whyte.
Deveronvale debut defender Stewart Cameron had to be rushed to
hospital during the match against Buckie Thistle. The 19-year-old
suffered heart palpitations only five minutes into the game and was
taken to the cardiac unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Vale player-manager Kevin Bremner said: ''Obviously, it's a bit of a
worry, but it's happened to him before and he knew what to do.''
Doctors are still not sure what causes the problem, but Cameron's
footballing future is not thought to be in danger.
Bremner and Ross McLean both hit hat tricks as Vale routed Buckie 6-0.
Sammy Leonce gave Forres an early lead at Brora Rangers, but they had
to settle for a draw after having two players sent off.
Neil Nicol was red-carded for bringing down Brora's David Ross, who
got up to equalise from the resulting penalty. Then Andy Mathieson was
sent off for a second bookable offence only minutes after coming on as a
sub.
In the only other Highland game to survive the weather, Fort William
won through to the semi-finals of the North Cup after becoming the first
team this season to beat Caley Thistle reserves. Mike McEachan and Tom
Drummond set Fort on the way to a 2-0 win.
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